Effects of ethanol on the evaporation and burning characteristics of palm-oil based biodiesel droplet

Ming Rong Chow; Jong Boon Ooi; Kong Meng Chee; Chun Hoe Pun; Manh Vu Tran; Jeffrey Chin Kong Leong; Steven Lim

doi:10.1016/j.joei.2021.05.008

Effects of ethanol on the evaporation and burning characteristics of palm-oil based biodiesel droplet

Ming Rong Chow, Jong Boon Ooi, Kong Meng Chee, Chun Hoe Pun, Manh Vu Tran, Jeffrey Chin Kong Leong, Steven Lim

Malaysia Sch of Engineering

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Abstract

Palm biodiesel-ethanol blends could be the better automotive fuel over palm biodiesel alone owing to the high oxygen content and high volatility of ethanol. The evaporation and burning characteristics of palm biodiesel with 10%, 20%, and 30% ethanol by volume concentration respectively, were investigated by using the droplet experiment. Rapid bubble growth and bubble explosions during the heating stage were observed to be substantial for the palm biodiesel droplet added with 30% volume of ethanol (BE30). Adding ethanol in palm biodiesel increased the ignition delay and burn-rate constant by up to 38.6% and 23.2%, respectively whereas, the evaporation duration and burning period decreased by up to 20.6% and 22.5%, respectively. Overall, the relatively shorter evaporation duration and higher burn-rate found for the BE30 droplet could promote high thermal efficiency and has the potential to achieve ultra-low carbon monoxide (CO) and unburned hydrocarbons (UHCs) emissions in diesel and gas turbine engines.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-43
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of the Energy Institute
Volume	98
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joei.2021.05.008
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

Keywords

Biodiesel-ethanol blends
Diesel engine
Droplet combustion
Droplet evaporation
Gas turbine
Palm biodiesel

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Effects of ethanol on the evaporation and burning characteristics of palm-oil based biodiesel droplet

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